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One boomer's treasure is another millennial's clutter

She's 93 now and it doesn't take a genius to figure out why, particularly since she's been voicing alarm that she'll die one of these days and nobody will find her. There are He was an editor at the RKO Radio Network in New York, and WHDH Radio in ...

blogs.mprnews.orgMarch 30, 2015

The road to obscurity

The MiniDisc - launched by Sony in 1992 as a micro alternative to CDs and cassette tapes - occupies a slightly different category. Much loved by its In fact, the first MP3 players had been launched by then, and the debut of the iPod in 2001 changed ...

www.bbc.comMarch 18, 2015

Phenom 100E

XM radio weather helped us avoid storms the day we the the aircraft. After the Phenom 100 airframe parts are fabricated at Botucatu, . Options include a high-fidelity cabin speaker package, CD/MP3 player, MP3 input jack and master station for cabin ...

aviationweek.comMarch 13, 2015

Internet killed the video star? Kids are introduced to VHS tapes for the first ...

A CD player? A music player thing? Radio? Alarm clock? DVD player? Once they've established the player's purpose, the children are tasked with getting a tape to play. There's a lot of pushing the cassette in the wrong away around and looking worried ...

www.radiotimes.comMarch 17, 2015

Group Test: Music streaming services

But should you choose iTunes Radio, Pandora, Rdio or Spotify as your music streaming service? We have put four of the The iOS app also allows you to use Pandora as an alarm clock, so it can play your preferred morning music when you're meant to ...

www.macworld.com.auMarch 26, 2015

Sound Advice: If you want a CD player with your table radio

They often have clock radios with CD capabilities from well-known brand names (as well as some obscure brand names.) For example, I just checked their website and they had a Sylvania CD Micro Stereo System with CD player, AM/FM radio, alarm clock, ...

www.gosanangelo.comApril 12, 2014

Robert Malkin: MacGyvering Medical Gear

That same dynamic has played out with other student-designed equipment, including battery-operated lights to treat newborns suffering hyperbilirubinemia, a common form of jaundice, and special packaging for antiretroviral drugs that can help pregnant ...

spectrum.ieee.orgFebruary 27, 2015

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Why Are Alarm Clocks Still a Thing?

They did what they needed to do and over the years became increasingly fancy, with built-in CD players ... how are alarm clocks still hanging around? Ben Richmond, a contributing editor here at Motherboard, still uses the cassette-playing/radio alarm ...

motherboard.vice.comApril 10, 2015

Footballers May Be Among Jewel Heist Victims

"Players have ... responded to an alarm on Friday, but left without checking inside. Safe deposit box owner Gerry Landon said he found the break-in "unbelievable". "Apparently, as you may have read, the alarm went off at one o'clock on Friday and the ...

www.minsterfm.comApril 9, 2015

Badgers' Ryan not first to let emotions run hot after loss

No violation was called even though the shot clock struck zero while the ball was ... Adams told Sirius XM satellite radio. Ryan also took a swipe at the culture where some players leave for the NBA after one year in college. He made no mention of that ...

www.lockportjournal.comApril 7, 2015

2015 Acura RDX Tech Review: Acura’s second-highest seller soldiers on

in-dash CD player and Dolby Pro Logic II, which adds 5.1 surround sound. Clarity is the word of the day with this system, whether you’re listening to AM radio or streaming audio through your Bluetooth device. The Tech package also adds a power liftgate.

Column: On the road again

Alas, “Old Maid” was the only card game I knew, so they dealt a hand for their “phantom fourth player.” That was OK by me ... “Pop” handed me a wind-up alarm clock, mumbling something about the last Texas guest not knowing how to set it ...